Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Charles Pratt Commemorative Medallion
Object Number:
1953.80
Date:
1891
Medium:
Bronze
Dimensions:
diameter: 3 7/8 in. ( 9.9 cm )
Description:
Bronze struck uniface medallion depicting clothed male bust with legend beneath: "CHARLES PRATT/BORN MDCCCXXX DIED MDCCCXCI"; all within beaded border. Circular loop attached to the back of medal.
Gallery Label:
Charles Pratt was a nineteenth-century oil magnate and philanthropist whose firm merged with the Rockefeller Standard Oil empire. He was the founder of the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Misses Irene & Emily Braman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
